iPod Jr. Rumors Become More Substantial 494
sdimbert writes "Rumors of a new, smaller, "iPodJr" have been floating around the Rumor Sites for a few weeks (as well a here at Slashdot). But now, the rumors have gained credibility and become more substantial. London's Evening Standard reports today (30 Dec 03) that "Apple has announced a cut-price mini version" of the iPod, "costing 65 [~115 USD], which will be able to store 800 songs." Despite the assertion that Apple "announced" the product, there is no mention of it at their official News Page or their product page for the iPod."
Mini Me? (Score:5, Funny)
Now it is a matter of time... (Score:2, Funny)
It's kind of... a bummer (Score:5, Funny)
I'm Ellen Feiss, and I have an iPodJr.
Also announced... (Score:5, Funny)
They said the memory technology was called "station presets" -- anyone know what this means?
Re:Press Release (Score:3, Funny)
It all started with thinksecret posting about the rumored mini-ipods. Then came macrumors, which simply linked to thinksecret as their source. Then it was slashdot, which again linked to thinksecret. Then it was macrumors again, which said that it had more sources (they did not disclose them). And then some London newspapers picked up the rumors, and posted them as such. This becomes news on macrumors.com again (see page 2). And now we are back on slasldot.
wow! And it all started with _someone_ hinting a possibility to thinksecret!
This reminds me of a time when it was rumored that the President of India had died. Everyone was thoroughly convinced. Even BBC carried this story. The poor president was completely healthy and very much alive!
Re:Ogg Vorbis support (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Ogg Vorbis support (Score:2, Funny)
Sounds like you're an idiot. Enjoy your wait.
Re:Mini Me? (Score:5, Funny)
Pip> Whatcha got there Merry?
Merry> The new MiniPod, 800 songs and it's mine, my prescious.
Pip>
Re:We all know how this will end. (Score:1, Funny)
An iPodjr isn't gonna be that great... (Score:5, Funny)
On the plus side, I heard they'll have some great games for it, like "Jumpman", "Zyll" and "King's Quest" by some company called "Sierra On-Line".
Rumor sites? (Score:5, Funny)
What I find amusing is that the above sentence implies that Slashdot is not a rumor site itself. Heh.
Re:Ogg Vorbis support (Score:5, Funny)
Oh my God, how could Jobs and Apple have overlooked this? Man without Ogg support they are pretty much finished that's for sure, say goodbye to the reign of the iPod folks.
Why didn't you write and tell them that they were gonna miss out on your business? At least we stood a chance of saving them then.
Still, it's their fault I suppose, if they choose to ignore such an industry BEHEMOTH as Ogg Vorbis, what chance could they ever stand.
Seriously though, nobody wants to hear you whine self-righteously about a situation you actively chose and worked at to get yourself in. I'm sure Ogg Vorbis is great, it's not the codec I have a problem with, it's with people who whine about products not supporting it when, to be honest, there isn't the market pressure there.
It's like me going and running a RISC-OS machine, and then *EVERY* time someone releases software for the Mac or PC I chime in going "Pfft, no RISC-OS support? Oh, my, God. Well, looks like Microsoft/Apple/Macromedia/Adobe won't be getting my business then. [Nose-In-Air]"
In summary, Ogg Vorbis may be great, however there is little market pressure for supporting it, so stop whining.
Re:Aiming at the low end (Score:2, Funny)
I'll sell you a jpeg of my iPod for cheap.
Re:It's kind of... a bummer (Score:3, Funny)
I think it's great the kind of things [apple.com] we as a community will take and run with [google.com]. Ellen, the Star Wars kid, Libby Hoeler (oh, don't pretend like it was just me).
Now, let's start a PAC [fec.gov]. Who's with me?
Obligatory link (Score:5, Funny)
Comment removed (Score:2, Funny)
Yes, the ad goes something like this (Score:3, Funny)
Re:What's next? Mouse Jr? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Mini Me? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:We all know how this will end. (Score:2, Funny)
I'm that whipped.